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TKY2K May-2nd-2002 10:57 PM

Battery Draining?!?!?!
 
A couple days ago i went to start my car and the battery was dead so i charged it and the next morning it was dead again so i thought that it might be the battery going bad, so i disconnected the battery and charged it once more and it held a charge so i knew then that something was draining it but i can't seem to come up with anything that would be draining it. I've check all the dome lights and head lights and anything that could be left on by my mistake but it still drains down. Any suggestions on what it might be????

ZZOOOMM May-3rd-2002 06:36 AM

Do you have an alarm? Sometimes a relay will get stuck in the closed position and drain the battery. Take a mulitmeter and put it inline with the positive battery cable and read how many amps the car is drawing with the key off.

May-3rd-2002 08:00 PM

Same symptoms, only the battery died completely.

Check the trunk light. For some reason, mine stopped going off. Couldn't hurt.

Sir Nuke May-4th-2002 08:00 PM

obviously you have something on constantly....either a light that isn't turning off, a relay that is stuck....or a dead short somewhere.....good luck....these kinds of things are not usually easy to find....unless they happen to be the light that is stuck on or something like that so that you can SEE it.


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